Absence of post-lesion reactive gliosis in elasmobranchs and turtles and its bearing on the evolution of astroglia

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 320, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 351-367

  Kalman M ^a   Somiya, Hiro ^b,e   Lazarevic, Lidia ^c   Milosevic, Ivan ^c   Ari, Csilla ^a,d   Majorossy, K ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Institute of Marine Biology   (Montenegro)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; AVES; BATOIDEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DASYATIS AKAJEI; ELASMOBRANCHII; MAMMALIA; RAJA CLAVATA; RAJIDAE; RATTUS; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; SYNAPSIDA; TESTUDINES; TORPEDO MARMORATA; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84881544027     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22505     Document Type: Article

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